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Monroe County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 14, 1799
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Seat
- Union
- Largest town
- Peterstown
- County commission president
- Kevin Galford
- County commission
- Kevin Mann , Melvin Young
- Total
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 473 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km ) 0.2%
- Rank
- 20th
- Estimate 2025
- 12,491
- Density
- 26.2/sq mi (10.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern)
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 304, 681
- Congressional district
- 1st
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 12376
- Area
- 1227
- Official website
- www.monroecountywv.net
- Image
- Sweet Springs Resort - Main Building.jpg
- Households
- 5496
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- Commons category
- Monroe County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1799-01-14
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Monroe County
- per capita income
- 23398
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Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,376. Its county seat is Union.
Monroe County was the home of Andrew Summers Rowan, a soldier in the Spanish–American War commemorated in Elbert Hubbard's essay "A Message to Garcia."
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